What is this standard about?
BS EN ISO 5817 is an international welding standard that provides guidelines on quality levels of imperfections in fusion-welded joints (except for beam welding) in all types of steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys.
Who is this standard for?
- Manufacturers and testers of fusion welded joints
- Fusion welders and users of these materials (construction/engineering industries)
- Design engineers
- Quality industry
- Project managers
Why should you use this standard?
The purpose of this standard is to define dimensions of typical imperfections which might be expected in normal fabrication of fusion welded joints. It provides three sets of dimensional values to apply to a wide range of welded fabrication. They are designated by symbols B, C and D. Quality level B corresponds to the highest requirement on the finished weld. Several types of loads are considered, e.g. static load, thermal load, corrosion load, pressure load. The quality levels refer to production and good workmanship.
BS EN ISO 5817 applies to joints with a material thickness ≥ 0,5 mm. It covers fully penetrated butt welds and all fillet welds. Its principles can also be applied to partial-penetration butt welds.
What’s changed since the last update?
- BS EN ISO 5817 is the UK implementation of EN ISO 5817:2014. It replaces BS EN ISO 5817:2007 which is now withdrawn
- It has been fully revised by experts to bring it up to date with technological developments and industry best practice